Activity 6: Discussion - Professional Organizations
Context: Professional organizations usually feature resources, webinars, professional development opportunities, and forums to discuss the major issues facing the profession. All of these can be useful throughout your career. The Professional Organization activity provides you an opportunity to explore Instructional Technology professional organizations and share your findings with other members of this course.
Christie Cutshall
10-27-12
ISTE
IInternational Society for Technology in Education
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AECT
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
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CSTA
Computer Science Teachers Association
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Helpful to the K-12 Educator
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-This is a very helpful site. They have many free resources available. There is a student discount to joining for full access. They have great resources for NETS. It is a very easy to navigate website.
-I would pay to join this association.
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-This site is not as helpful as the ISTE or CSTA sites. They have very few free resources that you can access without being a member. Their website is also more confusing.
-I would not pay to join this association.
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-Joining is free
-They have some resources available to non-members
-This is a more helpful site than AECT but not as helpful as ISTE.
-I would join this association if it were free.
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Types of Resources
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-Live Webinars
-Webinar Archive
-On site PD
-Online classes
-Project Based Learning: Learning Labs
-Consulting Services
-NETS trainings
-Passion Based Learning lesson plans
-Books
-ISTE anual conference
-Online articles on many different technology topics
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-AECT 2012 International Convention
-Many publications including the AECT Standards for Professional Education Programs
-International Council for Educational Media Conference
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-Grants available
-Leadership cohort
-Articles on many different technology topics
-Newsletter
-Podcasts
-Professional Development Videos
-Computational Thinking Leadership Toolkit
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Assessment and Evaluation
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-ISTE Classroom Observational Tool
-Evaluation Planning: Models and Matrixes PDF
-ISTE Evaluation Services
-Resources for Student Assessment Book
-Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce
-Project Assessment Planning Matrix
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-They have a division for training and performance with a governing board
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-External and Internal research tabs
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Professional Collegiality
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-Involved in many social networking website such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
-ISTE Connects Blog
-Online Communities
-Special Interest Groups
-Australia Study Program
-Ambassador Program
-ISTE Young Educator Network
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-Blogs
-Forums
-Boards to sit on
-Facebook Groups
-Graduate Student Assembly
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-Social networking such as facebook and twitter.
-Forum blogs
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Employment Services
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-Careers at ISTE
-Employers can post positions on the site for job seekers to browse and apply for
-Career Center with many career development tools
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Did not see any information regarding this on their website
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Did not see any information regarding this on their website
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Up-to-date Information
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-”News” tab on the main page
-Monthly newsletters
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-”News” tab on the main page
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-Newsletters
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Contact Information
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-Customer Service:
1.800.336.5191
-Headquarters:
1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
-CEO-Brian Lewis
1.202.861.7777
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-877-677-AECT
-email:aect@aect.org
-There are many people sitting in leadership positions on different divisions within this association.
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Chris Stephenson
Executive Director
2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701
New York, NY 10121-0701 USA
Email: cstephenson@csta.acm.org
Phone: 1-800-401-1799
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